October Manifesto

The October Manifesto was a manifesto issued by Czar Nicholas II of Russia on 30 October 1905 in response to the 1905 Russian Revolution, aimed at briefly regaining order in Russia. The manifesto promised basic civil rights and the establishment of a State Duma, an elected parliament for the Russian Empire. Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia threatened to shoot himself unless Czar Nicholas II issued the manifesto, which helped in putting down some of the protests across Russia. The manifesto had immediate success, but the government took the form of a military dictatorship, and the strikes and violence would return soon after the manifesto's adoption; from 1906 to 1907, Russia was under martial law,